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Sunday 21 February 2021PGA TourYear in Review
Homa wins the Genesis Invitational
Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 February 2021 · Max Homa’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,300,000 USD · Genesis
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/9°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/9°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/9°C · wind 16 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Tony Finau USA · 272closed with a 64 to join Homa at 12 under, missed a 7-foot birdie putt to win on the first extra hole and lost with a bogey from a bunker on the second Max Homa tops Tony Finau to win Genesis Invitational hometown golf event at Riviera - ESPN (AP)
120 started · cut E, 67 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
The Genesis Invitational
Riviera Country Club, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Max Homa
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ESPN (AP)
21 February 2021
I don't know if I could ever do anything cooler in golf than this,
ESPN (AP)
21 February 2021
You're not supposed to miss a 3-footer in front of Tiger Woods,
ESPN (AP)
21 February 2021
It's bittersweet to be in this position again,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Homa | 66 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Tony Finau | 71 · 67 · 70 · 64 | 272 | −12 |
| 3 | Sam Burns | 64 · 66 · 74 · 69 | 273 | −11 |
| 4 | Cameron Smith | 69 · 68 · 71 · 67 | 275 | −9 |
| T5 | Jon Rahm | 70 · 69 · 72 · 66 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Viktor Hovland | 71 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T5 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T8 | Francesco Molinari | 68 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Wyndham Clark | 67 · 69 · 73 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Matt Jones | 67 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Dustin Johnson | 68 · 67 · 71 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1990-11-19, Burbank, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 2013; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 91 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile events table)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet